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Vinicius Macuch Silva; Alexandra Lorson; Michael Franke; Chris Cummins; Bodo Winter – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
This study investigates how quantifiers are used strategically to serve different argumentative goals. We report two experiments on how English speakers describe the results of school exams when being instructed to frame their descriptions either as a good or bad outcome. Experiment 1 shows that participants have clear preferences for specific…
Descriptors: English, Language Usage, Bias, Semantics
Christian Tarchi – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
The present study tested the efficacy of an intervention on thinking dispositions on multiple-text comprehension performance. The participants in the study were 75 undergraduate students. First, participants completed pretest assessment tests (prior beliefs and knowledge, thinkinPromoting multiple-text comprehension through thinking dispositions:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Psychological Studies, Thinking Skills
Ellen Droog; Christian Burgers – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
Research into the persuasiveness of satirical news has found mixed results. Two possible explanations lie in the lack of clarity about mechanisms underlying the influence of consuming different types of satirical content. In six experiments (N[subscript total] = 3,139), we investigated how (different types of) humorous versus nonhumorous…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, News Reporting, Satire, Humor